ZIMRA, DAVID BEN SOLOMON IBN AVI (DAVID BEN SOLOMON IBN ZIMRA; RADBAZ)

(fl. 16th cent)

Spanish talmudist and kabbalist. He was born in Spain, and studied in Safed, Fez and Cairo, where he became chief rabbi. He later returned to Spain and served as a dayyan. He composed responsa, a commentary onMaimonides'Mishneh Torah, kabbalistic works and talmudic novellae.